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+# This test verifies that we can request and assign IPv6 prefixes from upstream
+# (e.g. ISP) routers.
+# The setup consists of three VMs. One for the ISP, as your residential router
+# and the third as a client machine in the residential network.
+#
+# There are two VLANs in this test:
+# - VLAN 1 is the connection between the ISP and the router
+# - VLAN 2 is the connection between the router and the client
+
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+  name = "systemd-networkd-ipv6-prefix-delegation";
+  meta = with lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ andir hexa ];
+  };
+  nodes = {
+
+    # The ISP's routers job is to delegate IPv6 prefixes via DHCPv6. Like with
+    # regular IPv6 auto-configuration it will also emit IPv6 router
+    # advertisements (RAs). Those RA's will not carry a prefix but in contrast
+    # just set the "Other" flag to indicate to the receiving nodes that they
+    # should attempt DHCPv6.
+    #
+    # Note: On the ISPs device we don't really care if we are using networkd in
+    # this example. That being said we can't use it (yet) as networkd doesn't
+    # implement the serving side of DHCPv6. We will use ISC Kea for that task.
+    isp = { lib, pkgs, ... }: {
+      virtualisation.vlans = [ 1 ];
+      networking = {
+        useDHCP = false;
+        firewall.enable = false;
+        interfaces.eth1 = lib.mkForce {}; # Don't use scripted networking
+      };
+
+      systemd.network = {
+        enable = true;
+
+        networks = {
+          "eth1" = {
+            matchConfig.Name = "eth1";
+            address = [
+              "2001:DB8::1/64"
+            ];
+            networkConfig.IPForward = true;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      # Since we want to program the routes that we delegate to the "customer"
+      # into our routing table we must provide kea with the required capability.
+      systemd.services.kea-dhcp6-server.serviceConfig = {
+        AmbientCapabilities = [ "CAP_NET_ADMIN" ];
+        CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "CAP_NET_ADMIN" ];
+      };
+
+      services = {
+        # Configure the DHCPv6 server to hand out both IA_NA and IA_PD.
+        #
+        # We will hand out /48 prefixes from the subnet 2001:DB8:F000::/36.
+        # That gives us ~8k prefixes. That should be enough for this test.
+        #
+        # Since (usually) you will not receive a prefix with the router
+        # advertisements we also hand out /128 leases from the range
+        # 2001:DB8:0000:0000:FFFF::/112.
+        kea.dhcp6 = {
+          enable = true;
+          settings = {
+            interfaces-config.interfaces = [ "eth1" ];
+            subnet6 = [ {
+              interface = "eth1";
+              subnet = "2001:DB8::/32";
+              pd-pools = [ {
+                prefix = "2001:DB8:1000::";
+                prefix-len = 36;
+                delegated-len = 48;
+              } ];
+              pools = [ {
+                pool = "2001:DB8:0000:0000::-2001:DB8:0FFF:FFFF::FFFF";
+              } ];
+            } ];
+
+            # This is the glue between Kea and the Kernel FIB. DHCPv6
+            # rightfully has no concept of setting up a route in your
+            # FIB. This step really depends on your setup.
+            #
+            # In a production environment your DHCPv6 server is likely
+            # not the router. You might want to consider BGP, NETCONF
+            # calls, … in those cases.
+            #
+            # In this example we use the run script hook, that lets use
+            # execute anything and passes information via the environment.
+            # https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.2.0/arm/hooks.html#run-script-run-script-support-for-external-hook-scripts
+            hooks-libraries = [ {
+              library = "${pkgs.kea}/lib/kea/hooks/libdhcp_run_script.so";
+              parameters = {
+                name = pkgs.writeShellScript "kea-run-hooks" ''
+                  export PATH="${lib.makeBinPath (with pkgs; [ coreutils iproute2 ])}"
+
+                  set -euxo pipefail
+
+                  leases6_committed() {
+                    for i in $(seq $LEASES6_SIZE); do
+                      idx=$((i-1))
+                      prefix_var="LEASES6_AT''${idx}_ADDRESS"
+                      plen_var="LEASES6_AT''${idx}_PREFIX_LEN"
+
+                      ip -6 route replace ''${!prefix_var}/''${!plen_var} via $QUERY6_REMOTE_ADDR dev $QUERY6_IFACE_NAME
+                    done
+                  }
+
+                  unknown_handler() {
+                    echo "Unhandled function call ''${*}"
+                    exit 123
+                  }
+
+                  case "$1" in
+                      "leases6_committed")
+                          leases6_committed
+                          ;;
+                      *)
+                          unknown_handler "''${@}"
+                          ;;
+                  esac
+                '';
+                sync = false;
+              };
+            } ];
+          };
+        };
+
+        # Finally we have to set up the router advertisements. While we could be
+        # using networkd or bird for this task `radvd` is probably the most
+        # venerable of them all. It was made explicitly for this purpose and
+        # the configuration is much more straightforward than what networkd
+        # requires.
+        # As outlined above we will have to set the `Managed` flag as otherwise
+        # the clients will not know if they should do DHCPv6. (Some do
+        # anyway/always)
+        radvd = {
+          enable = true;
+          config = ''
+            interface eth1 {
+              AdvSendAdvert on;
+              AdvManagedFlag on;
+              AdvOtherConfigFlag off; # we don't really have DNS or NTP or anything like that to distribute
+              prefix ::/64 {
+                AdvOnLink on;
+                AdvAutonomous on;
+              };
+            };
+          '';
+        };
+
+      };
+    };
+
+    # This will be our (residential) router that receives the IPv6 prefix (IA_PD)
+    # and /128 (IA_NA) allocation.
+    #
+    # Here we will actually start using networkd.
+    router = {
+      virtualisation.vlans = [ 1 2 ];
+      systemd.services.systemd-networkd.environment.SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL = "debug";
+
+      boot.kernel.sysctl = {
+        # we want to forward packets from the ISP to the client and back.
+        "net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" = 1;
+      };
+
+      networking = {
+        useNetworkd = true;
+        useDHCP = false;
+        # Consider enabling this in production and generating firewall rules
+        # for fowarding/input from the configured interfaces so you do not have
+        # to manage multiple places
+        firewall.enable = false;
+      };
+
+      systemd.network = {
+        networks = {
+          # systemd-networkd will load the first network unit file
+          # that matches, ordered lexiographically by filename.
+          # /etc/systemd/network/{40-eth1,99-main}.network already
+          # exists. This network unit must be loaded for the test,
+          # however, hence why this network is named such.
+
+          # Configuration of the interface to the ISP.
+          # We must request accept RAs and request the PD prefix.
+          "01-eth1" = {
+            name = "eth1";
+            networkConfig = {
+              Description = "ISP interface";
+              IPv6AcceptRA = true;
+              #DHCP = false; # no need for legacy IP
+            };
+            linkConfig = {
+              # We care about this interface when talking about being "online".
+              # If this interface is in the `routable` state we can reach
+              # others and they should be able to reach us.
+              RequiredForOnline = "routable";
+            };
+            # This configures the DHCPv6 client part towards the ISPs DHCPv6 server.
+            dhcpV6Config = {
+              # We have to include a request for a prefix in our DHCPv6 client
+              # request packets.
+              # Otherwise the upstream DHCPv6 server wouldn't know if we want a
+              # prefix or not.  Note: On some installation it makes sense to
+              # always force that option on the DHPCv6 server since there are
+              # certain CPEs that are just not setting this field but happily
+              # accept the delegated prefix.
+              PrefixDelegationHint  = "::/48";
+            };
+            ipv6SendRAConfig = {
+              # Let networkd know that we would very much like to use DHCPv6
+              # to obtain the "managed" information. Not sure why they can't
+              # just take that from the upstream RAs.
+              Managed = true;
+            };
+          };
+
+          # Interface to the client. Here we should redistribute a /64 from
+          # the prefix we received from the ISP.
+          "01-eth2" = {
+            name = "eth2";
+            networkConfig = {
+              Description = "Client interface";
+              # The client shouldn't be allowed to send us RAs, that would be weird.
+              IPv6AcceptRA = false;
+
+              # Delegate prefixes from the DHCPv6 PD pool.
+              DHCPPrefixDelegation = true;
+              IPv6SendRA = true;
+            };
+
+            # In a production environment you should consider setting these as well:
+            # ipv6SendRAConfig = {
+              #EmitDNS = true;
+              #EmitDomains = true;
+              #DNS= = "fe80::1"; # or whatever "well known" IP your router will have on the inside.
+            # };
+
+            # This adds a "random" ULA prefix to the interface that is being
+            # advertised to the clients.
+            # Not used in this test.
+            # ipv6Prefixes = [
+            #   {
+            #     ipv6PrefixConfig = {
+            #       AddressAutoconfiguration = true;
+            #       PreferredLifetimeSec = 1800;
+            #       ValidLifetimeSec = 1800;
+            #     };
+            #   }
+            # ];
+          };
+
+          # finally we are going to add a static IPv6 unique local address to
+          # the "lo" interface.  This will serve as ICMPv6 echo target to
+          # verify connectivity from the client to the router.
+          "01-lo" = {
+            name = "lo";
+            addresses = [
+              { addressConfig.Address = "FD42::1/128"; }
+            ];
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    # This is the client behind the router. We should be receiving router
+    # advertisements for both the ULA and the delegated prefix.
+    # All we have to do is boot with the default (networkd) configuration.
+    client = {
+      virtualisation.vlans = [ 2 ];
+      systemd.services.systemd-networkd.environment.SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL = "debug";
+      networking = {
+        useNetworkd = true;
+        useDHCP = false;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    # First start the router and wait for it it reach a state where we are
+    # certain networkd is up and it is able to send out RAs
+    router.start()
+    router.wait_for_unit("systemd-networkd.service")
+
+    # After that we can boot the client and wait for the network online target.
+    # Since we only care about IPv6 that should not involve waiting for legacy
+    # IP leases.
+    client.start()
+    client.systemctl("start network-online.target")
+    client.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
+
+    # the static address on the router should not be reachable
+    client.wait_until_succeeds("ping -6 -c 1 FD42::1")
+
+    # the global IP of the ISP router should still not be a reachable
+    router.fail("ping -6 -c 1 2001:DB8::1")
+
+    # Once we have internal connectivity boot up the ISP
+    isp.start()
+
+    # Since for the ISP "being online" should have no real meaning we just
+    # wait for the target where all the units have been started.
+    # It probably still takes a few more seconds for all the RA timers to be
+    # fired etc..
+    isp.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+    # wait until the uplink interface has a good status
+    router.systemctl("start network-online.target")
+    router.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
+    router.wait_until_succeeds("ping -6 -c1 2001:DB8::1")
+
+    # shortly after that the client should have received it's global IPv6
+    # address and thus be able to ping the ISP
+    client.wait_until_succeeds("ping -6 -c1 2001:DB8::1")
+
+    # verify that we got a globally scoped address in eth1 from the
+    # documentation prefix
+    ip_output = client.succeed("ip --json -6 address show dev eth1")
+
+    import json
+
+    ip_json = json.loads(ip_output)[0]
+    assert any(
+        addr["local"].upper().startswith("2001:DB8:")
+        for addr in ip_json["addr_info"]
+        if addr["scope"] == "global"
+    )
+  '';
+})